Tom Coburn: “Will you assure this committee that you will enforce that within the Department of Education in compliance with that…”

The three Cs. Communicate and compromise, those are the secrets for a vibrant democracy.

That is when we do our best work here.

As stewards of the Federal purse, we should be ensuring that we are doing all that we can to save taxpayer dollars and create efficiency in Government.

I want to thank Senator Lankford in his role as the Chairman of my Appropriations Subcommittee.